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Reference numberHS/15/203
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date20 February 1847
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Has discovered a flaw in the theory of actinometer observations. Realizes that John Frederick William Herschel's actinometer observations at the Cape may be useless and that observations made at Government and East India
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place originCollingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent
Origin coordinates51.035306, 0.513556
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Access statusOpen
Related materialMM/11/188; HS/25/7/4; HS/22/303
Related records in the catalogueMM/11/188
HS/25/7/4
HS/22/303
MM/11/188
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2332
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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